id:			129214
accession number:	1952.107
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1952.107
updated:		2024-03-26 01:58:22.381000

Historiated Initial (A) Excised from a Gradual: Christ in Majesty with King David and Prophets, c. 1300–1340. Italy, Florence (?). Ink, tempera, and gold on parchment; sheet: 28 x 24 cm (11 x 9 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1952.107

title:				Historiated Initial (A) Excised from a Gradual: Christ in Majesty with King David and Prophets
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creation date:			c. 1300–1340
creation date earliest:		1295
creation date latest:		1345
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Italy, Florence (?)
technique:	ink, tempera, and gold on parchment
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Manuscript Illuminations
type:		Manuscript
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measurements: Sheet: 28 x 24 cm (11 x 9 7/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Decorated Letter and the Illuminator's Art
	opening date:   1993-09-25T04:00:00
	<i>The Decorated Letter and the Illuminator's Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 25-December 19, 1993).

	title:		Stories From Storage
	opening date:   2021-02-07T05:00:00
	<i>Stories From Storage</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-May 16, 2021).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Dr. Robert Forrer (1866-1947), Strasbourg, France
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	Dr. Vladimir G. Simkhovitch, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?-1952
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1952-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	"Part II. Annual Report Issue for the Year 1952." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 40, no. 6 (1953)
	page number: 	p. 135
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25141894

	Ricci, Seymour de. <em>Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada, Supplement.</em> New York: Bibliographical Society, 1961.
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IMAGES

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